April 18
1981 - Pawtucket and Rochester start a 33-inning minor league baseball game. It is the longest professional game at eight hours and 25 minutes. Pawtucket won the game 3-2. The first 32 innings were played consecutively with the 33rd inning resuming June 23.
1995 - Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Joe Montana announces his retirement from football. He played two seasons with the Chiefs and was with the San Francisco 49ers for 14 years.
April 19
1900 - Canadian Jim Caffrey wins the fourth annual Boston Marathon with a time of 2:39:44.4. Caffrey won again a year later with a time of 2:29:23.6.
1966 - Roberta Bignay becomes the first women to run in the Boston Marathon while Kenji Kimihara of Japan won the 70th Boston Marathon.
1996 - The Texas Rangers scored 16 runs in the eighth inning against the Baltimore Orioles in a Major League Baseball game.
April 20
1986 - Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls scores a National Basketball Association playoff record 63 points in a game.
2008 - Danica Patrick becomes the first female driver to win an Indy car race. She placed first in the Indy Japan 300.
April 21
1948 - The Baltimore Bullets beat the Philadelphia Warriors four games to two to win the second NBA championship.
1994 - Eddie Murray sets an MLB record with a home run from both sides of the plate in 11 career games. Murray's switch hitting record has since been beat by Mark Texeria.
April 22
1914 - Babe Ruth makes his professional pitching debut and allows six hits while earning the 6-0 win.
1988 - New Jersey Devil Patrik Sundstrom ties a National Hockey League record with eight points (three goals and five assists) in a playoff game. The Devils beat the Washington Capitals 10-4.
April 23
1939 - Boston Red Sox Ted Williams hits his first career home run. He finished with 521 career homers.
1954 - Hank Aaron hits his first of 755 career home runs as a professional.
April 24
1974 - The National Football League grants Tampa Bay with Buccaneers franchise.
1978 - Angels pitcher Nolan Ryan strikes out 15 Mariners batters. It was the 20th time in his career he struck out 15 or more batters in an MLB game.
